Improvement in hay-gatherers



A. STREAN;

Hay-Gatherer. y No. 115,783. A Pagentdjunemsn.

ALEXANDER STREAN, OF HARRODSBURG, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAV-GATHERERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,783, dated June 6,1871.

To all whom it may concer-n:

ot' Harrodsburg, in the county of Monroeand State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gathering and HaulingHay; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a partof this speciiication.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a hay gatherer and hauler, as will be hereinafter. more fully setforth.-

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction andoperation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents' a perspective View of my machine.

A A represent two side pieces., mounted upon rollers or small wheels BB, one at each end of each side piece, and connected near their frontends by means of an upright frame, C. To the front ends of these sidebeams are attached hooks a a, for the purpose of hitching the team to.In the rear ends of the side beams A A the shaft or axle D has itsbearings, thus connecting the side beams at this end of the machine. Tothe shaft or axle D are attached the teeth E E, pointing forward betweenthe side beams, as shown. When the machine has gathered a load of haythe teeth are hoisted to any desired height by means oi' a lever, G,connected to one end of the shaft D, until a catch, b, upon one of theteeth engages with a 4toothed bar, H, upon the frame C, thus holding theload up while transporting it to the desired place.

By this machine hay may be taken up from the mower or from the windrowand hauled to any part of the meadow, thus doing away with the expenseoi' shocking. This machine can also be' used for hauling shocks byremoving a part of the teeth. On the upper side of the axle or shaft I)are pins I I, which prevent the hay from falling over the axle behind.

Having'thus fully described my invention, what I claim asy new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y The combination oi' the sidebeams A A, wheels B B, frame G, shaft D, teeth E E, pins I I, lever G,catch b, and toothed bark H, all constructed and arranged substantiallyas and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as y my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. y

ALEXANDER STR-EAN.

Witnesses R. W. GARR,

C. R. SrnrHnNsoN.

